During his tenure with The Walt Disney Company he launched operations in multiple countries, was a Zone VP and GM, and headed a Latin American SBU.

He is an early stage investor and syndicator of projects. He has held a number of board positions, including Ogangi Corp., Consult A Doctor, NIP/The Winner's Circle, Miami Innovation Fund, New World Angels and the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University. He served as an advisor and consultant to renowned industry conferences including Americas Venture Capital Conference and eMerge Americas, where he chaired the Innovation Advisory Board and was responsible for
the Startup Showcase featuring more than 125 global companies.

Richard is a frequent panelist, and also serves as a consultant for
the SBA’s Small Business Development Center at FIU.

He is originally from Venezuela, lives in Miami with his family, is a graduate of Babson College and is an avid scuba diver.

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Entics proprietary, cloud-based technology enables building systems and HVACs to achieve peak performance using advanced analytics and data science. Its solutions identify inefficiencies and actionable insights to optimize building energy efficiency and reduce costs by up to 40 percent in large commercial buildings.

LevelRE The Real Estate Revolution. Who says selling real estate has to be complicated and expensive? LevelRe believes that good people, great service, and awesome technology can deliver a better experience at a significantly reduced cost. Reaching more than 90% of the US market, and growing every day, LevelRE combines personal service with advanced technology to deliver a great service with fantastic discounts. LevelRes licensed brokers can save up to 90% in commissions.

Raw Shorts is the fastest, easiest, and most cost-effective solution for producing professional-looking explainer videos, animated presentations, demo & marketing videos for business. Businesses recognize the power of video but find that producing high quality content is often too difficult, expensive & time consuming. RawShorts.com solves this problem with an easy to use, template driven cloud-based video builder.

Dorm Duels is a marketing platform for brands that are looking to take over the college market in a new and effective way. They accomplish this with their contest campaigns that put the brand front and center without losing college students interest. By creating an experience that college students look forward to participating in brands can effectively get their message across without having to aggressively push any product.

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